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Edda stood where Kruez had instructed her to. She danced from foot to foot worried. Stomach in knots. She stood in a small nook in the corner of the digging area. It was about an hour till dawn. “Kruez..I hope you know what your doing..” She muttered, holding her small canvas sack close to her chest. One thing she hated about her sight being gone, was the constant panic that arose when a sound came, and she didn’t know what it came from.

“Sorry I’m late.” Kruez’s calm voice came about thirty minutes after Edda had come to wait. “There you are. Slow poke.” She sighed, touching his arm for reassurance in the dark. “Had to be sure I got everything we’ll need at first. I’m sorry.” Kruez apologized again. “Alright, you got everything?” He said, as Edda nodded, holding her sack. He had a tan canvas stretch over his left shoulder, tied under his right arm loosely as it bulged slightly with the things he’d packed. “I do.” She nodded. “Do you, now? You’re the forget full one.” She commented.

Kruez snorted. “I’ve got everything I can think of.” He nodded. “food?” Edda asked. He nodded. Once she’d quizzed him on anything she could think of, she paused. “Did you…zip your fly, Kruez?” She asked finally. He looked at her as his gaze drifted down to his pants. “Uhh…” He said, bright red of his boxers showing through the fly to his blue pants. There was a swift zip. “Yeah. Its zipped.” He nodded. She shook her head, chuckling a little. As long as she’d known him, he’d ALWAYS had a horrible habit of leaving his fly un-done. At least they always knew when he’d changed his boxers or not…

“Alright, lets get goin’.” Kruez smiled. “We’ve only got a little time till the dawn workers will be up.” He said as he gently placed his hand around Edda’s leading her across the dark tunnels of their home. The only home and place they’d ever know. And they were about to leave it. Leave it all to the surface. They walked for a while before Kruez stopped. “Alright, we’re gonna have to go through these tunnels I’ve made. Once we get up far enough, I’m just gonna have to dig a tiny bit.” He said, patting the small, hand powered drill that was in his pack. “Hold onto me, alright?” He said, placing her hand on his belt loop, looping her finger through it as he started through the small tunnel.

They went for a while, Edda felt the cold stone and dirt between her fingers and under her palms as they went, Kruez keeping a nice pace as not to pull her down after him. “We’re almost there.” Kruez said, looking over his shoulder at her fondly. They walked another maybe five minutes and Kruez stopped. “Alright, Sweetie, hold on just a moment.” He said as he pulled out the small drill, placing it a few feet above him as he started spinning the handle, the drill turning itself through the dirt swiftly.

Kruez only dug a few minutes before he let out a small gasp at the dusty light pouring through the hole. He dug wider and wider, until there was a large gap in the rock wall around them. “C-C’mon.” He said as he threw the drill up through the hole as he grabbed back for Edda’s hand. She curled her fingers around his as he started pulling himself up through the hole, then her. “Where…are we?” Edda asked. The air tasted different. The air tasted cleaner. It didn’t have the taste of dirt or mold to it like she’d grown up on. It was…refreshing.

The sun was just rising over the barren land as Kruez stared around in amazement. Not that he knew what the sun was. “Kruez…?” Edda asked, nervous by his sudden silence. “Oh Edda..” He said softly, wrapping his arms around her gently, holding her as he watched the bright glowing orb raise itself farther into the sky above them. “Whats it like, Kruez?” Edda asked. “Beautiful…” Was the only thing Kruez could say. “Oh Edda, I wish you could see this…Its, like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Its beautiful…” He said, lost for words.

“We’re here, Edda, We’re on the surface. To stay….”